Bill Braun wrote:
> Roy, do you see that "bad light" as an example of that person's mental
> model(s) at work? If so, and if the PHSE program (or any like it) were to
> take into account the existance and influence of those mental models,
> could the program teach people to suspend their mental models, thus
> causing them to see change in a different light?
I see a person's mental model(s) covering up the "bad light". Denying an
unfavourable interpretation of their behaviour and that their behaviour
has a dysfunctional affect on others. This argument seems to be evolving
into classic Argyris's Model 1 Theory In Use.
The PHSE programme is taught to teenagers within schools. So, it is
really addressing people's evolving mental models rather than addressing
mental models that have evolved and been found to be successful. Why
should somebody suspend their mental models when they have proved to be
successful throughout their lives?
Roy Benford
Fulmer, UK
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